On Wednesday, Microsoft started rolling out security patches for two Defender vulnerabilities that have been exploited in ...

It doesn't require a lot of effort.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. There are a number of antivirus, anti-malware, and internet ...

Windows Defender has several security settings, including some you need to switch on to get the utmost protection. Here's why.

And it's almost always disabled.

Windows remains one of the most targeted systems by threat actors by volume, according to recent statistics from AV-TEST, ...

Microsoft releases new Windows Defender update packages very frequently to protect against various newly discovered malware. Once a while every three months or so, the company also pushes out these ...

Microsoft Secure Boot certificates from 2011 begin expiring in June 2026. Here’s how to check whether your Windows PC has the 2023 update.